FBOGX Fees and Costs — Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund, Class R6
Data updated: 2026-07-27
The net expense ratio is 0.98%: a 0.88% management fee plus 0.10% other expenses. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $368K in broker commissions, 0.0442% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 16%.
FBOGX Fees and Expenses
Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FBOGX. Prospectus, as of August 31, 2025.
| Annual operating expenses | |
|---|---|
| Management fee | 0.88% |
| 12b-1 fee | 0.00% |
| Other expenses | 0.10% |
| Gross expense ratio | 0.98% |
| Fee waiver | — |
| Net expense ratio | 0.98% |
| Sales charges | |
|---|---|
| Max front load | 0.00% |
| Max deferred load | 0.00% |
| Redemption fee | — |
| Expense limitation in place (N-CEN) | Yes |
| Fees waived or reduced during the year | Yes |
| Waived fees subject to recoupment | No |
FBOGX Costs Over Time
On $10,000 invested in FBOGX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $640 over 5 years, cutting the return by 1.08% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).
| $10,000 invested | Sell after 1 year | Sell after 3 years | Sell after 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value before costs | $10,500 | $11,576 | $12,763 |
| Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.98%) | $103 | $321 | $557 |
| Trading costs (broker commissions) | $5 | $14 | $25 |
| Lost growth on money paid in costs | $0 | $17 | $59 |
| Total costs | $108 | $352 | $640 |
| Value after costs | $10,392 | $11,224 | $12,122 |
| Impact on return, per year | 1.08% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
FBOGX Trading Costs
Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2025.
- Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0442%
- Total broker commissions: $368K
- Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $7.9B
- Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 16%
- Securities on loan, average value: $42.0M
- Net income from securities lending: $119K (0.014% of average net assets)
FBOGX Agency Brokers
Commissions paid.
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UBS Securities LLC | $46K | 18.39% |
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $36K | 14.38% |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | $29K | 11.62% |
| Virtu Americas LLC | $24K | 9.81% |
| Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | $23K | 9.36% |
| Jefferies LLC | $22K | 8.76% |
| Liquidnet, Inc. | $19K | 7.48% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $18K | 7.11% |
| Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | $17K | 6.93% |
| JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC | $15K | 6.17% |
FBOGX Dealer Counterparties
Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).
| Broker | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital Markets, LLC | $2.8B | 35.09% |
| Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. | $2.7B | 34.61% |
| J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | $1.3B | 16.07% |
| UBS Securities LLC | $1.1B | 13.64% |
| Bank of Montreal | $41.3M | 0.52% |
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. | $3.9M | 0.05% |
| Raymond James & Associates, Inc. | $1.4M | 0.02% |
Templeton Global Smaller Companies Fund Share Classes
Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.
| Ticker | Class | Net expense ratio | Front load |
|---|---|---|---|
| FBOGX | Class R6 | 0.98% | none |
| TGSAX | Advisor Class | 1.09% | none |
| TEMGX | Class A | 1.34% | 5.50% |
| TESGX | Class C | 2.08% | none |
For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.